Loss of a Conserved tRNA Anticodon Modification Perturbs Cellular Signaling

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zinshteyn, Boris ^a   Gilbert, Wendy V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; UPREGULATION;

ANTICODON; CODON; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884598021     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003675     Document Type: Article

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